Kevin James, Noah Wyle, Melora Hardin, and More Attend Little Mermaid Premiere
Celebs and their kids came out for the premiere of the straight-to-DVD release of The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, held at the Avalon Casino and Theater in Catalina Island, CA on Saturday!
Attending the event was actor and funnyman Kevin James, 43, his wife Steffiana de la Cruz, and their oldest daughter Sienna-Marie, who turns three next month. The couple are also parents to 14-month-old daughter Shea Joelle, who sat out the premiere.
Click here for Danielle’s recent review of the DVD.
Click ‘Continue Reading’ for photos of Melora Hardin and her girls, Brooke Smith and her daughter, and Noah Wyle and family!
The Office’s Melora Hardin, 41, posed with husband Gildart Jackson and their girls — Rory Melora, seven next month, and 3-year-old Piper Quincy.
Grey’s Anatomy’s Brooke Smith, 41, smiled with 5-year-old daughter Fanny. Dad Steve Lubensky and 10-month-old little sister Lucy Dinknesh, recently adopted from Ethiopia, stayed home.
Actor Noah Wyle — who returns to ER this fall! — wife Tracy Warbin, and kids Owen, 5 ½, and Auden, 2 ½, attended the DVD release as well.
Auden wears Pura Vida’s Camden Fresco Dress in pink ($29), also available in gray/green.
All photos by AXELLE/Bauer-Griffin.
- Posted on Aug 25, 08 at 1:30PM
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August 25th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Sienna is a gorgeous little girl!! Cant wait for Noah to return on ER!
August 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Oh wow, Sienna-Marie and Fanny are absolutely beautiful girls! Well they all are actually, but I hadn’t really seen much of those two before.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Owen and Auden are getting so big!!
Can’t wait to see Noah in scrubs again!
August 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Beautiful family photos! Fanny is just the stunning image, I never thought of Hahn from Grey’s/ Catherine from ‘Silence of the Lambs’ to be a mother!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
His daughter does not favor him at all, but looks exactly like the mom.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Is Kevin James the biological father, he does not look to be.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Cute little girl!
I recently heard/read that most Broadway theaters don’t let patrons under 4 (or 6?) attend shows, although they made an exception with The Little Mermaid for Suri Cruise. It looks like they’re continuing to make an exception for other celebs’ kids as well.
I wonder if TLM will continue to do that for other children, or just celebs’ kids? It could prove an idea, especially given how well child oriented live shows, such as Barney Live or Sesame Street Live or Disney On Ice (all traveling shows too), have historically sold well.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Autumn, this was a DVD launch in California, not Broadway..
Sienna-Marie is too cute! I would love to see Shea also. And can’t wait for Melora and the office to come back! She’s pregnant on the show remember!
August 26th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Oops sorry about that! I guess I didn’t read the article closely enough and I’d forgotten about the DVD.
(I still think its strange they have release parties for animated DVDs. lol oh well…Was Jodi Benson & children actually there?)